From the AP: SYDNEY, Australia The publisher Penguin Group of Australia has come under fire recently for a curious typo that may be subliminal racism, a mistake, or a combination of the two. In a recipe that called for "ground black pepper," the text instead read "ground black people." Many in the anti-cookbook community are [...]
Given all the press that the word "nigger" has been receiving lately, what with books about it and white comedians blurting it out uncontrollably, we at Unfettered Letters thought it a good time to look more closely at the history of another racially charged word: the much beloved and lamented "honky." Popularized in the 1970s [...]
The front page news was particularly exciting for aficionados of 70s television this morning, as they no doubt read the headline “Journal of American Medicine Association Announces Stuttering Gene Found” in the early edition with relief and gratitude. Not as well known to today’s generation, Stuttering Gene was a beloved household name for a brief [...]
I Want To Eat You, Earthling and Other Recent Cookbook Outrages
Honky, We Hardly Knew Ye
Misunderstood Headlines: “Stuttering Gene Found”
Melfy on Night Sticks: “Never Has One Man Done So Little With So Much”
Stephen King’s Wife Tells Him, “Don’t You Think It’s About Time To Give Up On This Crazy Dream?!”
Another Disastrous Dating Profile, Part IV: Who Am I? In All Probability, I Am One of The Following Personas
Bravery
Freedom
Lust
Whimsy
